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Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables

Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables. An Introduction. The History. France, 1700’s- Commoners resented the privileges of nobles and clergy. 1789- The Bastille was stormed starting the French Revolution. Declaration of the Rights of Man.

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Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables

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  1. Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables An Introduction

  2. The History • France, 1700’s- Commoners resented the privileges of nobles and clergy. • 1789- The Bastille was stormed starting the French Revolution. • Declaration of the Rights of Man

  3. 1799- Napoleon Bonaparte entered Paris. He was crowned First Consul ending the revolution. • 1804- Emperor Napoleon I crowned. • 1848- Revolution installs Louis Napoleon as President.

  4. 1851- Louis Napoleon declared emperor Napoleon III. • 1871- Napoleon III exiled by Germans in Franco-Prussian War. • End of monarchy in France

  5. The Author • 2/26/1802- Victor Hugo was born. • Father was a general in Napoleon's army. • 1821- His mother dies. Hugo refuses his father’s $ and lives in poverty.

  6. 1830- Hugo’s play Hernani makes him wealthy and divides the public. • Following the Revolution of 1848, Hugo is elected deputy to the Constitutional Assembly. • 1851- Louis Napoleon reestablished the empire. Hugo opposed it and fled to Brussells.

  7. 1862- Les Miserables was published. It was a hit with the public and banned by the French government. • 1870- The empire fell and Hugo returned triumphantly to France.

  8. 1885- Hugo died. Three million mourners attended his funeral.

  9. Love Redemption Legal vs. Moral Justice Social Injustice Destiny Power of Religion Themes

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